| 释义 |
dig a pit for dig a pit for (someone or something)To attempt to ensnare or trap someone or something. The FBI has been digging a pit for that very dangerous criminal.See also: dig, pitdig a pit for try to trap. This is a common biblical metaphor: for example, in Jeremiah 18:20 we find ‘they have digged a pit for my soul’.See also: dig, pit |